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Page (pāj) , noun
[French, from Italian paggio, Late Latin pagius, from Greek paidi`on, dim. of pai^s, paido`s, a boy, servant; perh. akin to Latin puer. Compare Pedagogue, Puerile.]
1.
A serving boy; formerly, a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, as a position of honor and education; now commonly, in England, a youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households; in the United States, a boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Prior to 1960 only boys served as pages in the United States Congress
He had two pages of honor -- on either hand one.
2.
A boy child. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
3.
A contrivance, as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman's dress from the ground.
4.
(Brickmaking) A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
5.
(Zoology) Any one of several species of beautiful South American moths of the genus Urania.
page , transitive verb
1.
To attend (one) as a page. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare
2.
To call out a person's name in a public place, so as to deliver a message, as in a hospital, restaurant, etc.
3.
To call a person on a pager.
Page , noun
[French, from Latin pagina; prob. akin to pagere, pangere, to fasten, fix, make, the pages or leaves being fastened together. Compare Pact, Pageant, Pagination.]
1.
One side of a leaf of a book or manuscript.
Such was the book from whose pages she sang.
2.
A record; a writing; as, the page of history. [Figurative:]
3.
(Printing) The type set up for printing a page.
Page (pājd) , transitive verb
To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript; to furnish with folios.